Reading time
How long does it take to read Seeing a Large Cat?
Seeing a Large Cat by Elizabeth Peters is about 472 pages, so it takes about 8½ hours at an average 238 words per minute — about 17 days at 30 minutes a day.
At an average reading speed
8 h 16 min
Seeing a Large Cat · Elizabeth Peters · first published 1997
- Pages
- 472
- 30 min a day
- 17 days
By reading speed
| Unhurried reader · 180 wpm | 10 h 56 min |
| Average adult · 238 wpm | 8 h 16 min |
| Quick reader · 300 wpm | 6 h 33 min |
| Very fast reader · 400 wpm | 4 h 55 min |
By daily habit
Your reading speed
| 15 minutes a day | 34 days |
| 30 minutes a day | 17 days |
| 45 minutes a day | 12 days |
| 60 minutes a day | 9 days |
Page count: median of 12 editions on Open Library. Times assume about 250 words per page. How we calculate.
#9 in Amelia Peabody
Next in the series: The Ape Who Guards the Balance (1998, 408 pages)
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Seeing a Large Cat: reading time questions
- How many pages is Seeing a Large Cat?
- Seeing a Large Cat is about 472 pages. That is the median across the 12 editions listed on Open Library; hardcover, paperback and large-print editions differ.
- How long does it take to read Seeing a Large Cat?
- About 8 h 16 min at 238 words per minute, the average silent reading speed for adults. A quick reader at 300 words per minute needs about 6 h 33 min.
- How many days to read Seeing a Large Cat at 30 minutes a day?
- About 17 days. At 15 minutes a day it takes about 34 days, and at an hour a day about 9 days.
- What number is Seeing a Large Cat in the Amelia Peabody series?
- Seeing a Large Cat is book 9 in Amelia Peabody by Elizabeth Peters.
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